Single-player games like Time Gap Puppies
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Time Gap Puppies, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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The Hero with a Thousand Arms / 千手英雄
Single-player alternative to Time Gap Puppies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Time Gap Puppies.
This game challenge you to play many mini games in one screen at the same time.
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Space War: Infinity
Single-player alternative to Time Gap Puppies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Time Gap Puppies.
Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.
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Super Time Force Ultra
Single-player alternative to Time Gap Puppies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Time Gap Puppies.
Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!
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Duck Paradox
Single-player alternative to Time Gap Puppies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Time Gap Puppies.
Shoot bouncing bullets in this roguelike precision platformer killing corrupted ducks while searching for Dr. Paraducks’ beloved pet throughout the multiverse! To return to safety you’ll need to tackle difficult-to-master trials, run after run, earning upgrades, while maintaining your sanity!
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Starr Mazer: DSP
Single-player alternative to Time Gap Puppies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Time Gap Puppies.
The UNFP's been kicked in the teeth by a G'ell invasion force and their last and only hope is a planetary outpost and its fleet of experimental DSP MkI Forward Assault Fighters and anyone marshal enough to strap into one and forcefully accept some apologies.
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Astebreed: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Time Gap Puppies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Time Gap Puppies.
Climb into the cockpit of an otherworldly war machine and fly into battle against a horrifying alien race bent on eradicating humanity to preserve their own civilization.
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Super Space Pug
Single-player alternative to Time Gap Puppies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Time Gap Puppies.
Super Space Pug is a classic arcade shmup. Take control of 'Demetrius the Third'(Space Pug) to defend your personal space from the evil, fish flinging cats and random rocks because its a space shmup, and without rocks it would be rather non-space-y.
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DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours
Single-player alternative to Time Gap Puppies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Time Gap Puppies.
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours is the latest installment in Taito's DARIUS series of arcade-style shooting games. Blast hordes of alien sea-monsters, and blaze your own trail through branching environments.
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Mineirinho Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Time Gap Puppies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Time Gap Puppies.
A really cool 3d platform game, lots of extreme adventures with our friend Miner, now we have the option Double Miner and the adventure gets a lot cooler. Director's Cut version has unpublished scenes that have never been seen.
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Miner Ultra Adventures 2
Single-player alternative to Time Gap Puppies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Time Gap Puppies.
Our friend Miner is back !!! Amazing adventures with extreme difficulty, this 3d platform game will surprise you and give you a lot of satisfaction to overcome all the challenges !!! Be versatile and have quick reflexes to be the best !!!
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Mineirinho Shooter DC
Single-player alternative to Time Gap Puppies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Time Gap Puppies.
Miner is back and he called his very beautiful friend Lil' Pauline(Paulistinha) to enjoy a new adventures , they need to overcome the threat of space gluttons !!! Very cool and fun physical shooter style game, a unique game mechanic experience !!!
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Mineirinho Wildtides DC
Single-player alternative to Time Gap Puppies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Time Gap Puppies.
In this new adventure, Miner and his friends will have to be the greatest of the seven seas to face creatures and lovecraftian places !!! A 2d platform shooter game with small rogue-like elements and physically real water !!!
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Red Zirion
Single-player alternative to Time Gap Puppies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Time Gap Puppies.
Red Zirion is a retro shooting game with upgradeable attributes in the roguelike style. Game inspired by groups of heroes and animated series from the 80s.
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Evil Heart Fever
Single-player alternative to Time Gap Puppies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Time Gap Puppies.
This game is an intense bullet hell roguelike shooter, evolve and destroy the celestial army to try to open the hell's gate. Items, references and transformations based in : Lovecraftian universe, biblical sins, and all types of angels and celestial creatures.
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Nazi Labs
Single-player alternative to Time Gap Puppies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Time Gap Puppies.
Nazi Labs is a twin-stick top-down action rogue-like game with a random level generator and cumulative power- ups, art and sprites based on the golden age of arcade games with many references to all sci- fi / nerd-universe, classic arcade games with dark theme focused on Nazi secrets and legends.